Ask the power company to use an infrared camera some cool wet night to see
if they can find it. Arcing will produce heat and it will show up as a hot
spot. If power company will not do it see if someone in your area does home
heat loss studies using an IR Camera. See what they would charge you for an
hour of their time. If all else fails send a letter to FCC with a copy to
the power company explaining the problem, the length of time it has been
going on, if you do emergency work (check into ARES nets etc) explain that
it hampers your emergency communications. Don't do it by phone and not by
email, regular old snail mail and make it polite but serious. Then set back
because the wheels at FCC and the Power company do not turn fast but you
should get results.
One other thing, I have done a lot of power line interference work and
sometimes the problem in much further away than you think. Look on the other
side of where you think it is (further away on same line). S9 problems
(when Yagi pointed at source) can be more than 1000 feet away depending on
many factors (Yagi gain, feed line loss, receiver preamp on/off, etc).
73 and good luck,
Ron W8RJL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Merchant KA1LMR" <ka1lmr@yahoo.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:15 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Static source ?
I am trying to precisely locate a strong static source, were familiar with
High tension lines arcing at the insulators on very dry days. this however
is the opposite , it only occurs when its raining or has been raining and
still wet out it is local . its only about 1000 Ft away but when I aim in
the general direction there is a good S9 static, popping sometimes sounds
like oil burning in a frying pan or a motor boat its constant for the most
part and particularly most strong on the 6,10,12,15M bands. With a portable
radio I have narrowed it down to 100 Ft radius in area near the center of 2
streets, There is transformers, caps and splices in some the power lines in
the area but have yet to find the exact location of. power line crews have
looked in the past without finding anything but this has been going on for
10+ years any ideas on exactly what might be the culprit? again once its no
longer raining or wet out it
completely goes away making it more difficult to find.
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